Pearce Dietrich helps you build your DraftKings Pick6 Pick Sets for the NASCAR Cup Series USA Today 301 at New Hampshire.
The NASCAR Cup Series USA Today 301 at New Hampshire is on Sunday and DraftKings is offering a new way to play fantasy NASCAR. The game is simple. Build a “Pick Set” (2+ drivers) and decide if they will outperform their stat projections. Here is some advice to help build your DraftKings Pick6 Pick Sets for the NASCAR Cup Series USA Today 301 at New Hampshire.
Christopher Bell: Fantasy Points – 55.5
Pick6 Play: More
This projection is a classic overreaction. Practice matters, but a 20-minute session isn’t highly predictive. Starting position seems to matter more in the Gen-7 car. Bell lines up in the middle of the field. It’s not a great spot, but if anyone can overcome a sub-par qualifying effort, it’s Bell. He’s a championship contender, and New Hampshire is his best track. He’s been an absolute dominant force at New Hampshire in all three touring series. He won his lone Truck Series start at Loudon and all four of his Xfinity Series entries. Bell dominated the 2024 Cup Series race. He won the 2022 event and was the runner-up in the old racing package in 2021. Bell needs a top-5 finish and a couple of fastest laps along the way to clear this low bar.
Chase Briscoe: Fantasy Points – 45.5
Pick6 Play: Less
The bar is much lower for Briscoe than for Bell. The JGR Toyotas won every race in Round 1 of the NASCAR playoffs. JGR could come out on top again, but it won’t be Briscoe on top of the podium. Briscoe’s first season in the No. 19 JGR Toyota has been phenomenal. The argument could be made that Briscoe has been better than late-career Martin Truex Jr. However, a lot of Briscoe’s success starts on Saturday. He qualifies up front and holdsa position in a racing package where passing is limited. Briscoe didn’t qualify on the front row. He starts in the middle of the pack. His teammate can pass, given his prowess at New Hampshire. Briscoe has not demonstrated that skill in his initial season with JGR.
Briscoe doesn’t need a top-5 finish like Bell, but he does need a top 10. That’s a tall ask given the abilities of the drivers starting in the front half of the field.
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What is DraftKings Pick6?
Pick6 is a peer-to-peer fantasy variant where you build a lineup (your “Pick Set”) of 2+ players and select whether or not you believe each will outperform their listed stat projection. Enter your Pick Set in Pick6 contests to compete against other users. Get enough picks correct and win a share of cash prizes.
How to Play
Create a Pick Set
Create a Pick Set by choosing 2+ players from the same sport and Pick Group (a set of picks available from a group of set competitions). For each player, simply select if you think they’ll have more or less than their listed stat projection. In each Pick Set, you can not pick the same player twice and you must pick players from at least two different teams.
Enter an Amount
Once you finalize your Pick Set, choose your entry fee amount. Your entries will be automatically distributed into available contests, subject to your confirmation.
Sweat Your Picks
When the games go live, use the My Picks tab to follow your picks in real time to track how your players are performing against their projections and how they stack up against other users.
Compete for Prizes
Make enough correct picks and win a share of the contests’ guaranteed prizes. Any prizes won will be credited to your DraftKings account after contests are finalized.
Play at DraftKings Pick6 or by downloading the DraftKings Pick6 app on Apple or Google!
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